DavenportSharky wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:10 pm
Well clearly H’sD you know far more about rugby than I do. But I do try to observe the game without blinkers on. I don’t know the James family nor have I watched the James brothers at Manchester rugby club, nor do I particularly follow their performance more than any other players on the field. I do admire both of them and look forward to seeing their development over the next few years.
Meanwhile I think you should self administer a large gin and tonic.
Not at all Davenport. I think of it more that I failed to initially acknowledge the veracity of comments prior to mine and to explain my comment more fully. My focus on the James brothers is indeed personal. Although I try to not let it colour my view. The very idea of Sam being currently preferred to start at 13 in a Cup final over a centre of the calibre of Manu Tuilagi, or Sam Hill for that matter, when both could easily play there, simply amazes me. When one contemplates Sam keeping Manu on the bench
everyone's eyes widen, it just seems so unlikely, even to those watching at MRFC. Even after allowing for current circumstance. Nevertheless, it is now a matter of history.
JFYI and amusement I had actually just had a large Dutch "Bols" Jenever and Tonic before making my initial contribution. Feel free to think that significant, although fundamentally we fully agree on centre combinations...
We both prefer them to be different types of centre: one of them ideally to be a second playmaker (as do many current rugby connoisseurs?) . Dimes though, evidently, hasn't recently seen it that way, albeit the tight schedule factor is probably significant.. However niether does he have the sort of "blinkers" on for selecting his most powerful centre pairing. I am just relieved that the tight schedule hasn't apparently resulted in a change of selection policy and I saw enough in that game to think that will continue, for at least the short term....